Saffy
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Something I don't really want to talk about is the loss of Benji, my Netherland Dwarf rabbit of nine and a half years. He died on 23rd September 2014 and the loss is still deeply felt.
He was bonded with another Netherland Dwarf rabbit called Luna.
Last year she had E. Cuniculi, and it was only my daughter's 24/7 care that got Luna through this. I think there is a thread somewhere on this so I don't want to go into all the ins and outs; you all know how pretty horrible it is.
Anyway, we have decided to get another Netherland Dwarf and my question is, not so much the bonding, but when/how/what to do because Luna is obviously still a carrier of this.
She is fine now, no head tilt at all, though at the time she was going into spasms and having fits.
We treat her every 4 months with Panacur and this seems to have kept everything ok.
The cage is cleaned out as and when really ... sometimes every two days sometimes less often, but they are always scrubbed and deoderised with pet friendly Clean and Safe.
Right .. now, onto the new one ... Rufus. We have a seperate cage for when he arrives home but we do want to try and bond them.
We are hoping to introduce them to one another in the run, which is huge. It's just a matter of when?
Do we put the new bunny on a course of Panacur before introducing them or will it not matter so much if they are not sharing a cage at first and so Rufus wont be using the same litter tray as Luna.
Will just using Panacur on them at the same time be ok.
Dumfounded.
Thank you in advance for replies.
He was bonded with another Netherland Dwarf rabbit called Luna.
Last year she had E. Cuniculi, and it was only my daughter's 24/7 care that got Luna through this. I think there is a thread somewhere on this so I don't want to go into all the ins and outs; you all know how pretty horrible it is.
Anyway, we have decided to get another Netherland Dwarf and my question is, not so much the bonding, but when/how/what to do because Luna is obviously still a carrier of this.
She is fine now, no head tilt at all, though at the time she was going into spasms and having fits.
We treat her every 4 months with Panacur and this seems to have kept everything ok.
The cage is cleaned out as and when really ... sometimes every two days sometimes less often, but they are always scrubbed and deoderised with pet friendly Clean and Safe.
Right .. now, onto the new one ... Rufus. We have a seperate cage for when he arrives home but we do want to try and bond them.
We are hoping to introduce them to one another in the run, which is huge. It's just a matter of when?
Do we put the new bunny on a course of Panacur before introducing them or will it not matter so much if they are not sharing a cage at first and so Rufus wont be using the same litter tray as Luna.
Will just using Panacur on them at the same time be ok.
Dumfounded.
Thank you in advance for replies.